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Nonfiction work featuring or promoting geographic or cultural location(s), often in a romanticized manner. Includes early silent scenic films; moving images that accompany "tour" lectures; travel documentaries; and sponsored work by transportation companies, travel agencies, chambers of commerce, national parks, and other entities that promote modes of transportation, resorts, vacation areas, and other locations. Note: Not necessary to also use Documentary, since that is implied by the term Travelogue. Work intended to document cultures and their surroundings in more than a superficial manner should use Ethnographic. Film examples: MEXICO STREET SCENE; HALE'S TOURS AND SCENES OF THE WORLD; WALT DISNEY'S PEOPLE AND PLACES SERIES; PERU'S COASTAL REGION (with Sponsored); WESTERN WONDERLAND (with Sponsored); YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK. TV examples: JAMES MICHENER'S WORLD; MAURICE CHEVALIER'S PARIS; ON THE ROAD WITH CHARLES KURALT. Video examples: ARGENTINA--LAND OF NATURAL WONDER; DISCOVERING FRANCE; GLACIER NATIONAL PARK; THE MAINE COAST; RAND MCNALLY EXPLORING ANTARCTICA; SAN ANTONI0--THE HEART OF TEXAS.

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